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An Investigation of the Detritus in Menai Straits Plankton Samples

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  11 May 2009

R. A. Kenchington
Affiliation:
Marine Science Laboratories, University College of North Wales, Menai Bridge, Anglesey.

Extract

Suspended organic matter in the oceans has been studied by many authors. In a review of the subject Parsons (1963) states that the occurrence of detritus particles in the oceans seems to be a universal characteristic of sea water. The greatest concentrations of suspended organic matter are to be found in turbulent inshore water masses.

Type
Research Article
Copyright
Copyright © Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom 1970

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